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Apart from the improved packaging, this 2004 release from EMI U.K. subsidiary Stateside is a mirror version of the same-titled compilation released by Sequel in 1992. It covers McCrae's first four albums, all of which were released during the latter half of the '70s for the Cat label, and incorporates three duets performed with husband George McCrae. It's too bad there wasn't the room -- or means? -- to include 1981's "Funky Sensation," a brilliant dance single helmed by Kenton Nix (see Taana Gardner's classic post-disco hits for West End, like "Heartbeat"). That song, as well as the drop-dead stunning "90 Percent of Me Is You" (which is included), have been sampled dozens upon dozens of times by hip-hop sample fiends. Otherwise, there isn't much to take issue with here. All of the significant chart hits -- "Love Insurance," "Rockin' Chair," "For Your Love," "Cradle of Love" -- are contained, along with some of the better album cuts.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Willie Clarke, Composer, Lyricist - Clarence Reid, Composer, Lyricist - Gwen McCrae, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1975 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Gwen McCrae, Performance, MainArtist - Townsend, Composer
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1975 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Clarence Reid, Writer - Gwen McCrae, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1975 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Clarence Reid, Composer, Writer - Gwen McCrae, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1975 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Clarence Reid, Composer - Gwen McCrae, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1975 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Hale, Composer - Gwen McCrae, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1975 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Reid, Composer - Martinez, Composer - Gwen McCrae, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1975 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Reid, Composer - Clarke, Composer - Gwen McCrae, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1975 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Reid, Composer - Gwen McCrae, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1975 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
C. Reid, Writer - Gwen McCrae, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1976 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
C. Reid, Writer - Gwen McCrae, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1976 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Leroy Phillip Mitchell, Writer - Gwen McCrae, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Frederick Douglas Knight, Writer - Gwen McCrae, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Gwen McCrae, Performance, MainArtist - Benny W. Lattimore, Writer
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Gwen McCrae, Performance, MainArtist - Clarence Henry Reid, Writer
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Reid, Writer - Gwen McCrae, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Wright, Composer - Eternity, Composer - Gwen McCrae, Performance, MainArtist - Greene, Composer - Burden, Composer
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1979 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Wright, Composer - Gwen McCrae, Performance, MainArtist - Fergeson, Composer
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1979 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Betty Wright, Composer - Jeremiah Burden, Composer - Lynn Williams, Composer - Gwen McCrae, Performance, MainArtist
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1979 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Album review
Apart from the improved packaging, this 2004 release from EMI U.K. subsidiary Stateside is a mirror version of the same-titled compilation released by Sequel in 1992. It covers McCrae's first four albums, all of which were released during the latter half of the '70s for the Cat label, and incorporates three duets performed with husband George McCrae. It's too bad there wasn't the room -- or means? -- to include 1981's "Funky Sensation," a brilliant dance single helmed by Kenton Nix (see Taana Gardner's classic post-disco hits for West End, like "Heartbeat"). That song, as well as the drop-dead stunning "90 Percent of Me Is You" (which is included), have been sampled dozens upon dozens of times by hip-hop sample fiends. Otherwise, there isn't much to take issue with here. All of the significant chart hits -- "Love Insurance," "Rockin' Chair," "For Your Love," "Cradle of Love" -- are contained, along with some of the better album cuts.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 01:10:21
- Main artists: Gwen McCrae
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
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